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Fifth Blogoversary Cool Stuff Winners

October 3, 2011 By Marta Darby 2 Comments

I have to tell you that my family has been lovely and so supportive as I've been talking non-stop about how cool it is that I've been blogging for 5 years. I read your awesome comments out loud as they would come in and the fam listened attentively.  It could also be that I made a Killer Arroz con Pollo and I had a captive audience, ...

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Five. (A giveaway)

October 1, 2011 By Marta Darby 33 Comments

I sat down at my computer on October 1st, 2006 and wrote out my very first blog post with the title, "Life on the hyphen..."  You're welcome to click over and read it. I lifted that post title from a book written by my friend, Gustavo Perez-Firmat, called Life on the Hyphen: The Cuban-American Way. In that book, he brilliantly ...

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Celebrating My 4th Bloggiversary – Winners!

October 4, 2010 By Marta Darby Leave a Comment

I want to thank you all for your kind words and good wishes. I love celebrating blog birthdays because unlike regular birthdays, I get to give stuff away. It makes me so happy to be able to give back to you, even in this small way. I so want you to know how much I appreciate that you read and enjoy my stories and misadventures. To choose winners, I ...

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Cada Dia con Marta Maria

October 1, 2010 By Marta Darby 33 Comments

I have been blogging now for 4 years and I'm celebrating! (It seems I'm always celebrating something, but that's not important right now.) I started this blog on October 1st, 2006. I never pictured I'd still be going four years later. Four years, people! I thought by now I would have run out of stuff to write about. But, ...

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Win-Win

April 16, 2010 By Marta Darby 6 Comments

When I started blogging three and a half years ago, I thought about why I wanted to do this. I decided I wanted to write stories about my life and what it's like to live "on the hyphen." I wanted you (my readers) to feel right at home. I wanted you to laugh and cry with us. I wantedyou to feel like you wanted to be friends with us ...

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WHAT? Another Giveaway!?

April 9, 2010 By Marta Darby 35 Comments

Here at MBFCF we are putting together A Press Kit. (I know. Shut up.) It feels like graduation time. We have received a few queries from various advertisers asking if they can advertise on our blog. (Crazy, isn't it? But, seriously, we're totally smiling from ear to ear.) We couldn't have come this far without you, our loyal ...

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… is a Magic Number

October 1, 2009 By Marta Darby 37 Comments

Three years ago today I started this blog. I started writing about the people I love and the things we do and the places we go. Along the way I found out three things: I love blogging. I didn't know that I would. But I do. I'm Cuban and a storyteller at heart. Blogging is a great fit for me. I love interacting with you. This is ...

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From Varadero. With love.

August 27, 2009 By Marta Darby 1 Comment

I entered the list of names into Random.org. I hit send and came back with a winner. I was sad because I had twelve entries and only one sign. =( But I loved each and every story. And I suppose I could just make eleven more signs....or I could just name the winner. *sigh* Congratulations to the winner of the Varadero Beach sign, made by me with ...

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“Ya, KIA, Ya!”

June 9, 2009 By Marta Darby 3 Comments

I drive around my suburban neighborhood in a minivan. It's actually a KIA Sedona. And I like it. A lot. We just call it The KIA. And that has become its given name. Adam, who is 22 and who has, shall we say, a different driving style than I do, mocks me whenever I am driving and I accelerate to pass someone. "Ya, Kia, Ya!" He shouts ...

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Be it ever so humble…

February 20, 2009 By Marta Darby 1 Comment

Thanks to all of you who participated in the drawing for the mugs: I took all of your names and plugged them into a list at RANDOM.org and the following names/comments popped up: 1) Marti, I think I have been reading MBFCF for about two years. Actually, it's been longer that that. Wow - in the cyberworld, that's probably the equivalent ...

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I *heart* blogging or $8.95 well-spent

February 16, 2009 By Marta Darby 21 Comments

I've been blogging for about 2 1/2 years now.When I first started it was kind of a dirty-little-secret.  I just didn't know how to explain it. So I didn't.  But I know I was constantly looking for stories to tell. Maybe it was an age thing?  Or an untapped (for me) creative outlet?  I just know that as a ...

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Drum roll, please….

January 14, 2009 By Marta Darby 3 Comments

Main Entry: win·ner  Pronunciation: ˈwi-nər Function: noun Date: 14th century 1) one that wins.2) one that is successful especially through praiseworthy ability and hard work. The winner of the Cafe Cubano Mug: i'm forgiving you (and kikita, ) only because i want that mug. .... and the apron too. my dear child your sins are ...

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Guilt-free blogging

January 11, 2009 By Marta Darby 31 Comments

Okay, so I'm feeling a little bit guilty because I haven't been blogging lately. (shut up. I know.) But frankly, I haven't been near a computer and I'm still up to my (Royal Shakespearean!) eyeballs in costumes and sets. And there are still two more performances before I can breathe again (at least for a moment before I have to ...

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The envelope please…

October 3, 2008 By Marta Darby 10 Comments

First, I want to thank all of you who left (such nice!!) comments and participated in The My Big, Fat, Cuban Family Two Year Blogiversary Giveaway of '08 (I think that name gives this silly contest more gravitas, but that's not important right now).  You are the reason I do what I do and I'm grateful for your feedback. ...

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In my dreams…

October 1, 2008 By Marta Darby 47 Comments

In my dreams, I never thought I'd be... a) Blogging. (seriously, who blogs? =D)b) Still going strong after 2 years. (2 whole years!!) To date I've written over 600 posts and you've responded with over 2300 comments.  And I love that you follow me over to Babalú every other Thursday to try my latest recipes. We are SOOO ...

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